It’s that time of year again. No, not when I write my now seemingly annual article (sorry, I’ll try and get back to it!), but rather the time when clubs anxiously await their fate as to which division they’ll be competing in the following season. Why, though, does it always come to this?

Hendrie Signs, But Disharmony Reigns At Aggborough

Kidderminster Harriers have announced the signing of ex Aston Villa and England midfielder Lee Hendrie on non-contract terms. Hendrie had been at League Two side Bradford City last season, but was released in the summer. With spells at Daventry and in Indonesia already this season, Hendrie had also been linked with a move to Wrexham but has rocked up at Aggborough. He had been training at the club in the weeks before signing.

He won just the one England cap, against Czech Republic in November 1998. He spent twelve years at Aston Villa, making over three hundred appearances for the club, before having spells at Sheffield United, Derby County, Blackpool, Leicester City and Brighton before his time at Bradford.

There is trouble higher up the club’s ranks, though, as three directors have stepped down from their positions. Vice Chairman Wayne Allen and director Keith Chandler will instead be associate directors, while the third, Andrew Maidstone, has left the club altogether. He has cited pressures in his other business as his reason for resigning. Chairman Mark Serrell has denied reports of a fallout, and insists he is still on good terms with the three men. The club are now looking for fresh investment to “reinvigorate” the club.

There have been rumours of a “minimum investment” of around £50,000 to join the board, something which Serrell vehemently denies. He also says that while the club have moved away from the dire situation in which they found themselves in February 2011, they are not completely out of the woods yet, and new investment is crucial.

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About James Bartaby

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I'm James and I'm relatively new to non-league football, having only taken in my first match in September 2011. Despite it being a 0-4 defeat for Hampton & Richmond Borough, I became a huge fan of the club and NL in general. So much so that they are now the first club that I mention when talking about which team I support! I just got massively disillusioned with top flight football in this country and the attitudes of the lawmakers and top clubs in general, and I wanted to start taking my son to see decent football.
I am now the club's Deputy Press Officer, and loving every minute!